This may seem counter-intuitive, but if you don't save before you begin paying down debt, you'll struggle to cope with unexpected expenses.

或许这看起来是违反直觉的，但如果在你开始还清债务前你没有储蓄，在对付一些意料之外的花费时，你将极其困难。

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The ECB said it will "actively implement" its bond-purchase program, signaling it is ready to start buying Italian and Spanish securities to counter the sovereign debt crisis.

欧洲央行表示，将“积极实施”其债权购买计划，这暗示央行已准备开始购买意大利和西班牙的证券，以抵制主权债务危机。

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Clinton pledged more than $50 million in U.S.aid on top of an annual program exceeding $200 million for debt relief, food aid, counter-narcotics programs and job-creating road projects.

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Hedge funds, private-equity firms and other parts of the shadow banking system should go, along with over-the-counter derivatives (OTCs), collateralised-debt obligations (CDOs) and other nefarious structured products.

ECONOMIST: The World Social Forum

Raising taxes to bring in money for the government is unlikely to work, and recent austerity programs in Greece have showed to be counter-productive and can actually slow economies and revenue flow, worsening the debt outlook.

FORBES: By 2015, Taxes and Entitlement Cuts to Ease Deficit

It is a mark of the success of the United States' tough-minded - and now, if belatedly, bipartisan - approach to counter-terrorism that our most pressing political issues today are the domestic challenges of debt, job creation, unsustainable entitlement spending, and the appropriate size of government.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy